{"id":196664,"date":"2026-04-14T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196664\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:57:39","slug":"harvey-weinstein-tries-to-shake-rape-allegation-as-third-nyc-sex-crimes-trial-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196664\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein tries to shake rape allegation as third NYC sex crimes trial begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harvey Weinstein\u2019s third Manhattan sex crimes trial kicks off Tuesday \u2014 as the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul tries once again to clear his name against rape allegations from a former actress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unlike the previous trials, only one accuser \u2014 Jessica Mann, who said she first met Weinstein after moving to Los Angeles to launch her acting career in late 2012 \u2014 will testify in Manhattan Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Mann has claimed that the prolific perv raped her inside a New York City hotel room over a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Weinstein, 74, faces one count of third-degree rape after jurors at last year\u2019s re-trial were unable to decide whether to convict him on the charge after a tumultuous week of deliberations.<\/p>\n

Harvey Weinstein\u2019s third Manhattan sex crimes trial begins Tuesday. via REUTERS<\/p>\n

Jury selection will start Tuesday, and the new trial is expected to last two weeks.<\/p>\n

The decrepit Weinstein, who has moaned and groaned about his health on Rikers Island, had briefly flirted with taking a plea deal <\/a>to avoid the third go-around before ultimately deciding to head to trial.<\/p>\n

This will mark Mann\u2019s third time testifying that Weinstein forced her to have sex at the Doubletree Hotel in Midtown on March 18, 2013.<\/p>\n

The former Miramax boss was convicted of raping Mann following his first sex crimes trial in 2020, where Manhattan prosecutors alleged that he preyed on vulnerable women who sought him out to advance their careers.<\/p>\n

He had been sentenced to 23 years in prison before New York\u2019s highest court overturned his conviction on that and other counts in April 2024, ruling that the trial judge had unfairly let three additional women testify, even after Weinstein wasn\u2019t charged for their allegations.<\/p>\n

Former actress Jessica Mann will testify for the third time against Harvey Weinstein. Steven Hirsch<\/p>\n

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg retried Weinstein on the same case last spring and added a new accuser, former Polish model Kaja Sokola.<\/p>\n

At the re-trial, Mann, formerly an actress, sobbed on the witness stand as she recounted Weinstein allegedly raping her<\/a>\u00a0and discovering the sex fiend\u2019s erection-inducing drug needle in the trash afterward.<\/p>\n

But jurors, who sparred with each other during intense deliberations, could not reach a verdict on the rape count tied to Mann\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n

Harvey Weinstein is awaiting sentencing after being convicted last year. Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n

They did convict Weinstein of first-degree criminal sex act for assaulting Miriam \u201cMimi\u201d Haley<\/a>, a former TV production assistant. Weinstein was found not guilty on the same charge pertaining to Sokola\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

He is currently awaiting sentencing on that conviction, which is expected to happen sometime after the new trial wraps up.<\/p>\n

Weinstein will be represented by Luigi Mangione and Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan after he split from longtime lawyer Arthur Aidala earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber will preside over the trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein\u2019s third Manhattan sex crimes trial kicks off Tuesday \u2014 as the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul tries…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[157,6431,75,84,83,4327,57,9,24,63,5474,4721,58],"class_list":["post-196664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-entertainment","tag-harvey-weinstein","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-manhattan-supreme-court","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-trials","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}